Julie,
I was NWB for 8 weeks and was told to be patient and wait for everything to heal. What I wasn’t told was that I should have been working to get to a 90 degree bend while NWB. I would highly recommend that you do as many exercises as possible during NWB. I have been PWB and now FWB for the last month and still having serious problems with my ROM due to scar tissue build up from not doing enough in the NWB period. OS is now talking about a manipulation in 3 weeks if ROM doesn’t improve. Wish I knew this when I was in your shoes. Good luck